Mirror.



No. 820,621. PATENTED MAY 15, 1906.

O. BOMBISLER.

a MIRROR.

APPLIOATION FILED $1113.27, 1905.

WITNESSES: 2 S INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application filed February 27,1905. Serial No. 247,422.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CARL BoMEIsLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mirrors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to improvements in holders for mirrors, brushes, and analogous toilet articles; and the same has for its object more particularly to provide a simple, inexpensive, and effective means for uniting the handle portion of the holder with the 3 body portion thereof and at the same time render the holder stronger and more durable at the point of unction of the handle portion with said body portion of the holder by incorporating into the same a brace or reinforcement which with but slight alteration may be applied to the holder regardless of the shape and form of the frame portion of the holder and the article inclosed thereby.

In constructing mirrors and brushes the body portion or mirror proper is usually inclosed by a thin metal frame terminating in two end members which are disposed within a handle and when secured thereto serve to hold the body portion of the article in position within the inclosing frame. It has been found, however, that in all such constructions the holder is not sufficiently strong and rigid at the junction of the handle portion with the body of the frame portion, and un-' less some means are provided for bracing or reinforcing the parts at said point the holder will, after being subjected to ordinary use for a short while, break at said point of junction, and thereby render the article unfit for further use.

To overcome these defects and attain the objects hereinabove set forth, my invention consists in the novel details of construction and in the combination, connection, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a front view, partly broken and in section, illustratin a mirror constructed according to and embo ying my said invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same, taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the handle, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In said drawings, 10 designates a mirror,

which is here shown as of circular outline, but which maybe of any desired shape and size,

and 11 denotes a back of any desired matei rial, which corresponds in outline to said mirror and is inclosed therewith by a frame or metallic band 12. The said frame or band 12 is substantially semicircular in cross-section and terminates in two corresponding 1 parallel end members 13 13, which are united at their extremities by a head 14, which is se-' cured to said extremities in any convenient manner and provided with a longitudinal threaded aperture.

15 denotes a hollow handle, which may be made of any suitable material and shape, but i is here shown composed of two parts struck up of sheet metal and each provided with a peripheral flange 16, along which the two parts are united. The handle has a constricted portion adjacent to its upper end of such interior diameter that it will closely embrace the parallel members 13 13 of the frame when the same are introduced therein.

stiffening the holder at the junction of the handle and frame portions thereof, and the same consists of a blade 18, preferably made of sheet-steel of requisite thickness having its lower corners cut away, as shown at 19 19, and secured at its lower edge to the upper end of a slitted rod or stem 20, which is adapted to be engaged and held intermediate the end members 13 13 of the frame or handle 12. The upper end 21 of the blade 18 is bent rearwardly at an angle to the main body of the blade 18 and the corners of said end cut away at 22, the angle of said end 21 depending upon the thickness and shape of the back 11. Its inclination, however, should be sufficient to hold the upper end of said blade under slight tension or compression intermediate the inner opposing faces of the mirror and back, and the mirror and back against the edges of the frame or band 12.

23 denotes a piece of cardboard dis osed upon the back of the mirr r 10 in or er to protect the same against injury by the blade 18, and between said cardboard 23 and the which corresponds in thickness with that of the blade 18 and is ut at 25, as shown at Fig. 1, so as to accommodate and confine said blade 18, and thereby prevent any undue movement thereof between the mirror 10 and back 11.

l 26 denotes a screw which extends into the 17 denotes a brace or reinforcement for back 11 is disposed a plate of cardboard 24, i

bottom of the handle and engages the threaded head 14, to which the end members 13 13 of the frame or band 12 are secured, and serves to draw said ends into the handle, the lower ed e of the frame 12 against the upper edge of the handle, the stem or rod 20 firmly embraced or held within the parallel end members 13 13, and the inclined lower edges 19 19 of the blade 18 held firmly against the lower edge of the frame or band 12 just above the u per end of the handle 15, thereby holdin a l the arts duly united.

lt is to be observed that by making the stem 20 substantially coextensive in length with the end members 13 13 and of such thickness as to be firmly embraced and inclosed by the same when said end members 13 13 are inserted in the handle 15 the said stem will not only be firmly held therein, but also stiffened or braced thereby, and that the blade 18 by being firmly seated at its lower edges 19 19 Within the frame 12 and its u per end 21 held tightly against the opposing "aces of the mirror 10 and back 11 near the center thereof, which in turn are thereby held firmly within the frame 12, the entire structure is rendered stiff and non-yielding and not liable to be broken in the course of ordinary use. Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A holder for mirrors and similar articles comprising a frame adapted to hold a mirror and a back, a handle for said frame, and a re inforcement secured to said handle having its free end extending into said frame and bearing against the o posing surfaces of said mirror and back, su stantially as specified.

2. A holder for mirrors and similar articles, comprising a frame adapted to hold a mirror and a back, a handle for said frame, and a re inforcement secured to said handle having its free end extending into said frame and hearing against the opposing surfaces of said mirror and back near the center thereof to maintain the same separated, substantially as specified.

' 3. A holder for mirrors and similar articles comprising a frame adapted to hold a mirror and a back, a handle for said frame, and a reinforcement secured to said handle having its free end extending into said frame and maintained under pressure against the op osing surfaces of said mirror and back, su stantially as specified. I

(1. A holder for mirrors and similar articles comprising a frame adapted to hold a mirror and a back, a handle for said frame, and a reinforcement secured to said handle having its free end extending into said frame and maintained under ressure against the opposing surfaces of said mirror and back near the center thereof, substantially as specified.

5. A holder for mirrors and similar articles comprising a frame adapted to hold a mirror and back, a handle for said frame, and a reinforcement arranged partly within said handle, and partly within said frame and terminating between said mirror and back at a oint near the center thereof, and tending to liold said mirror and back separated, substantially as specified.

6. A holder for mirrors and similar articles comprising a frame adapted to hold a mirror and a back, a handle for said frame, and a reinforcement arranged partly Within said handle and partly within said frame, and having its free end bearing against the opposing faces of said mirror and back, and tending to separate the same, substantially as specified.

7. A holder for mirror and similar articles comprising a frame adapted to hold a mirror and a back, a handle for said frame, and a reinforcement secured to said handle, consisting of a body portion extending into said frame in contact with said mirror and a portion arranged at an angle to the body portion adapted to bear against the back, substantially as s ecified.

8. A ho der for mirrors and similar articles comprising a frame adapted to hold a mirror anda back, a handle for said frame, and a reinforcement secured to said handle'consisting of a body portion extending into said frame, and bearing against the inner surface of said mirror, and an end portion bent at an angle to the body portion, and adapted to bear against the inner surface of said back, substantially as specified.

9. A holder for mirrors and similar articles comprising a frame adapted to hold a mirror and a back, a handle for said frame, a reinforcement arranged partly within said handle, and having a body portion extending into said frame and bearing against the inner surface, and an end portion bent at an angle to said body portion adapted to bear against the inner surface of said back, and means for securing said frame and reinforcement to said handle, substantially as specified.

10. A holder for mirrors and similar articles comprising a frame adapted to hold a mirror and a back, a handle for said frame and a reinforcement adapted to be engaged bysaid handle having a body portion extending into said frame between said mirror and back to a point near the center thereof, and an end portion bent'rearwardly from said body portion and adapted to bear against the inner surface of said back, substantially as specified.

11. A holder for mirrors and similar articles comprising a frame adapted to hold a mirror and a back, a handle for said frame, a reinforcement adapted to be engaged by said handle having a body portion extending into said frame between said mirror and back to a point near the center thereof, and its upper end bent rearwardly from and at an angle to said body portion and adapted to bear against the inner surface of said back, and

means for securing said frame and reinforcegielnt to said handle, substantially as speci- 12. A holder for mirrors and similar articles comprising a frame adapted to hold a mirror and a back, a handle for said frame, and a reinforcement secured to said handle consisting of a body portion extending into said frame intermediate the mirror and back to a point near the center thereof, and means interposed between said mirror and back for maintaining the body portion of said reinforcement duly in position, substantially as specified.

13. A holder for mirrors and similar articles comprising a frame adapted to hold a mirror and a back, a plate interposed between said mirror and back having a cut-out portion extending from its edge to a point near its center, a handle for said frame and a reinforcement secured to said handle consisting of a body portion extending into said frame between said mirror and back and confined within the cut-out portion of the plate, substantially as specified.

14. A holder for mirrors and similar articles comprising a frame adapted to hold a mirror and a back, and terminatingin parallel members, a handle for said frame adapted to receive and hold said parallel members, and a reinforcement comprising a stem adapted to be engaged and held by said parallel member,

a body portion extending therefrom and into the frame intermediate the mirror and back to a point near the center thereof, and having its upper end bent at an angle to said body portion and adapted to bear against the inner surface of said back, substantially as specified.

15. A holder for mirrors and similar articles comprising a frame adapted to hold a mirror and a back, and terminating in two parallel members, a handle for said frame adapted to receive and hold said parallel members, a reinforcement comprising a stem adapted to be-inserted within and held by said parallel members, a fiat body portion ex:- tending from the upper end of said stem into the frame between the mirror and back to a point near the center thereof, and having its upper end bent at an angle to the body portion and adapted to bear against the inner surface of said back, and a plate interposed between said mirror and back having a cut-out portion adapted to receive and confine the body portion of said reinforcement, substantially as specified.

- Signed at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, this 24th day of February, 1905.

CARL BOMEISLER.

Witnesses:

C. A. DIETERIGH, J. G. QUINN, JR. 

